fritto misto

forest assembly




︎ ABOUT   
The Forest Assembly was a celebratory discursive dinner hosted to share the worked carried out by The Forest School and explore possibilities for its growing network and future collaborations. The Forest School is a platform and net-work operating across CSM exploring the Forest as a prism through which we can understand the causes and implications of climate and ecological emergency.


︎ PROCESS
Throughout the Assembly, three provocations accompanied each course of dinner, these gave guests food for thought and material to discuss, whilst they engaged with the curated edible land- scapes. The evening was multi-sensorial and encouraged collaboration between guests, aided by tools created by designers and makers.To make this happen, Fritto Misto collaborated with a multidisciplinary team of CSM staff members working as artists, spatial practitioners, designers, curators and makers to design and curate the space as the dramaturgy for the evening. The meal featured a number of artefacts forming the food-scape and evoking  the values guiding the Forest School, capturing the imagination of each participant through sensorial stimulation.


︎OUTPUT 
The immersive event was designed to be a fertile ground to prototype future collaborations. The Forest School Assembly established new dialogues over a collective, choreographed meal that drew together knowledge from artists, spatial practitioners, designers, curators and cooks to foster collective thinking about the future of the Forest School, its ethos and presence.





︎︎︎FOCUS
Exploring fertile grounds for the Forest School’s future collaborations across Central Saint Martins.

︎︎︎LOCATION
Lethaby Gallery, Granary Square, London, UK

︎︎︎TEAM
The Forest School 
CSM staff
 
︎︎︎BUDGET
£3.000

︎︎︎COMMISSIONER
Creativity in Action Fund, UAL 

︎︎︎COLLABORATORS
Ece Tan, Rachel Mandley, Saffie Pluck, Joe Mercer. Marius Munteanu, Holly Le-Var, Victoria King, Andreas Lang, Mia Cormac, Jamie Johnson, Henri T, Cameron Bray, Heather Barnett, Judith Van den Boom, Catalina Mejía Moreno.